@AnjneyMidha: tools of the future often look like toys at the beginning then you give the toys more compute and before you know it th…
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An observation that future technologies often start as seemingly trivial toys before evolving into foundational infrastructure for civilization.
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tools of the future often look like toys at the beginning
then you give the toys more compute and before you know it they’ve become bedrocks of modern civilizational progress
happening now, at a lab near you
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